Literacy rate in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 94.95%. Since 1974, the indicator has risen by 16.82 pp.
1974–2024 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 94.95 | +0.12 pp |
| 2023 | 94.83 | +0.15 pp |
| 2022 | 94.68 | +0.18 pp |
| 2021 | 94.5 | +0.17 pp |
| 2020 | 94.33 | +0.06 pp |
| 2019 | 94.27 | +0.17 pp |
| 2018 | 94.1 | +0.18 pp |
| 2017 | 93.92 | +0.03 pp |
| 2016 | 93.89 | +0.44 pp |
| 2015 | 93.45 | +0.14 pp |
| 2014 | 93.31 | +0.5 pp |
| 2013 | 92.81 | −0.02 pp |
| 2012 | 92.83 | +0.31 pp |
| 2011 | 92.52 | +0.7 pp |
| 2010 | 91.82 | −0.08 pp |
| 2009 | 91.9 | +0.19 pp |
| 2008 | 91.71 | +0.3 pp |
| 2007 | 91.41 | +0.84 pp |
| 2006 | 90.57 | +0.21 pp |
| 2005 | 90.36 | −0.02 pp |
| 2004 | 90.38 | +0.28 pp |
| 2003 | 90.1 | +0.7 pp |
| 2002 | 89.4 | +0.29 pp |
| 2001 | 89.11 | +0.19 pp |
| 2000 | 88.92 | +0.3 pp |
| 1999 | 88.62 | +0.33 pp |
| 1998 | 88.29 | +0.36 pp |
| 1997 | 87.93 | +0.28 pp |
| 1996 | 87.65 | +0.39 pp |
| 1995 | 87.26 | +0.64 pp |
| 1994 | 86.62 | +0.64 pp |
| 1993 | 85.98 | +0.66 pp |
| 1992 | 85.32 | +0.67 pp |
| 1991 | 84.65 | +0.68 pp |
| 1990 | 83.97 | +0.32 pp |
| 1989 | 83.65 | +0.42 pp |
| 1988 | 83.23 | +0.45 pp |
| 1987 | 82.78 | +0.3 pp |
| 1986 | 82.48 | +0.35 pp |
| 1985 | 82.13 | +0.35 pp |
| 1984 | 81.78 | +0.37 pp |
| 1983 | 81.41 | +0.38 pp |
| 1982 | 81.03 | +0.39 pp |
| 1981 | 80.64 | +0.41 pp |
| 1980 | 80.23 | +0.37 pp |
| 1979 | 79.86 | +0.41 pp |
| 1978 | 79.45 | +0.46 pp |
| 1977 | 78.99 | +0.44 pp |
| 1976 | 78.55 | +0.4 pp |
| 1975 | 78.15 | +0.02 pp |
| 1974 | 78.13 | — |
The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.
Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.